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Family dynamics vary widely from one family to another.
Today, many children are moving back in with their parents in the
face of economic adversity.

You may be very close with your children. It can be helpful
for all generations for grandparents to be help, for instance, with
child rearing, assuming of course that the parents and grandparents
are in agreement about the principles to be followed.

Other people want to be near their children because they have not
yet built their own independence fully as adults. This
arrangement is not likely to work well. Children cannot fill
an emotional void that results from a parent's sense of being
incomplete.

Implicit in moving to be near your children is often the
expectation that they will step in to provide care if this should
become necessary. Not everyone is comfortable putting their
children in that position. Nor are all children happy to carry
that expectation. Still, it can work well for many families.

The key to considering whether to move near your children, or
not, is to evaluate openly and honestly what your motivations are
and to be sure that your family is one that will welcome the
resulting arrangements and interactions.